Scooter Foreman, left, Apache Corp. water development foreman; Armando Galvan, pumper; and Grant DeFosse, senior staff production engineer, inspect a valve on the system of hoses and pipes that moves water around the Barnhart area in Irion County, Texas. Apache has eliminated the need for fresh water in well completions at Barnhart, an active area for development of the Wolfcamp Shale in West Texas. less

Scooter Foreman, left, Apache Corp. water development foreman; Armando Galvan, pumper; and Grant DeFosse, senior staff production engineer, inspect a valve on the system of hoses and pipes that moves water ... more

Houston-based Apache Corp. employs re-engineered grain bins to treat produced water which emerges from wells along with oil and gas -- before recycling it for use in hydraulic fracturing of Wolfcamp Shale wells in the Barnhart area in Irion County, Texas. less

Houston-based Apache Corp. employs re-engineered grain bins to treat produced water which emerges from wells along with oil and gas -- before recycling it for use in hydraulic fracturing of Wolfcamp Shale ... more

Houston-based Apache Corp. employs re-engineered grain bins to treat produced water which emerges from wells along with oil and gas -- before recycling it for use in hydraulic fracturing of Wolfcamp Shale wells in the Barnhart area in Irion County, Texas. less

Houston-based Apache Corp. employs re-engineered grain bins to treat produced water which emerges from wells along with oil and gas -- before recycling it for use in hydraulic fracturing of Wolfcamp Shale ... more

Houston-based Apache Corp. employs re-engineered grain bins to treat produced water which emerges from wells along with oil and gas -- before recycling it for use in hydraulic fracturing of Wolfcamp Shale wells in the Barnhart area in Irion County, Texas. less

Houston-based Apache Corp. employs re-engineered grain bins to treat produced water which emerges from wells along with oil and gas -- before recycling it for use in hydraulic fracturing of Wolfcamp Shale ... more

Apache Corp. uses high-capacity hose, in the foreground, to move water around the 35,000-acre Barnhart area in Irion County, Texas. The hoses can be relocated as Apache moves its drilling and completion activity. less

Apache Corp. uses high-capacity hose, in the foreground, to move water around the 35,000-acre Barnhart area in Irion County, Texas. The hoses can be relocated as Apache moves its drilling and completion ... more